1. plural of pitchfork: long-handled farming tools with sharp prongs used for lifting and moving hay, straw, or other materials
2. symbols of angry mob justice or peasant revolt
Usage: figurative

1. third person singular present of pitchfork: to lift, throw, or move with a pitchfork

Examples

• The farmers carried pitchforks to move the hay bales.
• Angry villagers grabbed pitchforks and torches.
• She pitchforks the straw into neat piles.
• The barn was filled with pitchforks and other farming tools.
• The crowd came with pitchforks, demanding justice.
• He pitchforks the manure onto the compost heap.
• Old pitchforks hung on the wall of the shed.